How Are Clouds Formed?

When the sky is clear, we could see clouds in the sky. The clouds looked like white cottons flying in the sky. When the sky is clear, the clouds will look so white. Often we see the white clouds of various shapes. Sometimes lumpy, sometimes spread and thin, sometimes it shaped like fishscales, or striped like fiber. Briefly seen clotted, soon changed their shape, scattered brought by the wind.

Indeed, the shape of the clouds are always changing following the weather conditions. Often beautifully shaped cloud in the sky like a painting. Take a look at the top of a high mountain, you will see the clouds which cover the mountain. Trulybeautiful isn’t it? That is one of the power of the God who created the heavens and the earth with its contents. Then, roughlyhow are clouds formed?

Starting from the rainfall, and there is the sunlight that reach the earth’s surface, then sunlight is absorbed by the earth, plants, soil, rivers, lakes and the sea, causing the water to evaporate. Water vaporrises into the air or atmosphere. Water vapor rises higher and higher because the air pressurenear the Earth’s surface is greater than in the upper atmosphere. Getting to the top, the atmospheric temperature is also getting cooler, the water vapor will condenseon the dust of the atmosphere, forming water droplets which are very finely sized 2-100 mm (1 mm = 1 / 1,000,000 meter). Without the presence of atmospheric dust, called aerosols, condensationdoes not easily occur. Billions of water droplets are then assembledto form clouds.

Forms of Clouds

Various cloud forms depending on weather conditions and their altitude. But the main forms can be grouped into three types, namely, the form of which is layered in Latin called stratus, which forms fibrouscalled cirrus, and lumpy called cumulus.

In areas of low elevation(less than 3,000 m) which is the lowest, stratus clouds cover the top of mountain that are not too high. In the lower area of ​​the center, shaped strato-cumulus clouds, and near an altitude of 3,000 m cumulus clouds form. Big and thick cloud in the lower area called cumulo-nimbus which potentially be rain, and causes thunder and lightning.

Clouds at medium altitude can be formed on the mountain height of over 3,000 m, forming an umbrella over the top of mountain. For example at the top of Mount Fuji, Japan (3,776 m), it’s peak is always filled with brilliantwhite snow which are very beautiful. At the height of this medium can be formed alto-stratus clouds are in rows, alto cumulus and alto-Sirus.

What about the clouds in the higher area (above 6000 m)? There is formed siro-stratus clouds that appear as cassiaaround the sun or moon. Also formed siro-cumulus cloud shaped pieces into pieces spread out wide. Cyrus also can form thin clouds scatteredlike smoke.

Vocabulary

shape

shape is the visual appearance of something or someone

lump

lump is a large piece of something without definite shape

fish scales

fish scales is the kind that covers the bodies of fish

clot

clot is a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

truly

truly is an adverb that means “in truth” or “really”

roughly

roughly means imprecise but fairly close to correct

evaporate

to evaporate is to fade away or to literally turn into vapor

vapor

vapor is when something that is normally liquid, like water, becomes a visible, gas-like substance floating in the air

pressure

pressure is the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

condense

condense means cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

aerosol

an aerosol is a substance released in very fine mist, like oven cleaner or air freshener

condensation

condensation is the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state